Pittsburgh’s cutest pet/owner duos shine in contest

The Pittsburgh’s Jewish Chronicle has crowned the winners of its first Pet/Owner Look-Alike Contest, honoring the unique connections between our readers and their pets. We received many photo submissions of pet/owner doppelgangers. Here are our favorites.

Taking first place is Sandy Riemer of Squirrel Hill and his late labradoodle
Libby. The photo was submitted by Barb Feige, Riemer’s wife.

“Guess I have a thing for that silvered look,” Feige wrote, adding, “I actually had the dog before the husband.”

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Second place goes to Andrew Goleman, of New York City, and Lilli, all ready for their “night on the town,” said Ted Goleman, Andrew’s dad, who submitted the photo. Andrew Golman was in Pittsburgh for an event when his father snapped the picture.

“While upset that she couldn’t go, Lilli dressed for the occasion anyway,” Ted Goleman said.

The Chronicle chose Squirrel Hill/Greenfield resident Tom Potance and his pug-mix dog, Lola, as its third place winner. As Alyssa and Cheryl Potance — who submitted the photo — said, “We think they look alike.”

Finally, an honorable mention goes to Erica Rabbin and Planck, of Shaler. Planck is a 5-year-old Pomeranian.

“The human, Max Planck, was a physicist,” Rabbin wrote. “He is known for two things that describe Planck the puppy: 1) Planck’s Law describes ‘black body radiation’ and of course our Planck is black;
and 2) a Planck length is the smallest unit of length, usually used for quantum gravity problems. And our Planck is a tiny boy.” PJC